Abortion advocates are urging women to stock-up

Abortion advocates are urging women to stock-up

VERBATIM:  A public service ad campaign is about to begin in Michigan and it’s designed to get women there to purchase abortion pills for future use.  The campaign is the work of Shout Your Abortion, Hydra Mutual Aid Fund and Plan C and it will be accompanied by a billboard and 10,000 postcards mailed to homes in the state.  A lot of abortion clinics in Michigan have closed down and pro-life advocates say this abortion pill drive is just a way of making up lost revenue.  MH REPORTING

Americans weigh-in on the scriptures

Americans weigh-in on the scriptures

VERBATIM:  About 25% of adults say the Bible is just another book of instruction and nearly 20% think it was written to control and manipulate people.  Those are some of the conclusions of a new poll from the American Bible Society, which also reveals that 36% of respondents believe that the scriptures are totally accurate versus 39% who say NO.  ABS spokesman John Plake says “A half-century ago, Americans generally trusted the Bible. Attitudes are more complex these days.”  MH REPORTING

A new survey examines religious people and their views on family

A new survey examines religious people and their views on family

VERBATIM:  It comes from Arizona Christian University and it finds that a lot of churchgoers believe that the term “family” can include homosexuals living together and adopting children.  But researchers add that “adults in Evangelical or Pentecostal churches are more likely than those in mainline or independent Christian congregations to hold Bible-consistent views on family.  Attenders of mainline Protestant churches are most likely of all to support gay marriage.”  MH REPORTING

Colorado’s assisted suicide law is being challenged

Colorado’s assisted suicide law is being challenged

VERBATIM:  According to the pro-life group Live Action, 510 people in the state received drugs to end their life because they suffered from an eating disorder.  The pro-lifers and patient advocates challenging Colorado’s assisted suicide law say that it is leading to people being prescribed deadly drugs when what they REALLY need is mental health treatment.  The lawsuit argues that ANY request for assisted suicide should first be investgated as a mental health problem.  MH REPORTING

An international journalism group endorses transgenderism

An international journalism group endorses transgenderism

VERBATIM:  The World Press Photo organization has dispensed its 2025 awards for best news snapshots and the European winner was of a young woman who had undergone a double mastectomy in order to live as a man.  The shot was taken by Dutch photographer Prins de Vos and has sparked outrage in many places around the globe.  Critics say what happened to the subject amounts to mutilation and a journalistic organization should not be promoting the practice.  MH REPORTING

A new poll asks churchgoers about social issues

A new poll asks churchgoers about social issues

VERBATIM:  It’s a joint venture of the Family Research Council and Arizona Christian University and it reveals that only 43% of people who regularly attend worship services identify as pro-life — down from 63% in 2023.  Just 46% of respondents accept the definition of family as being limited to one man and one woman, married, with children.  FRC spokesman David Closson says “Confusion inside the church is not primarily a political problem; it’s a discipleship problem.”  MH REPORTING

The European Union promotes transgenderism

The European Union promotes transgenderism

VERBATIM:  A new report from the body urges all nations to help children who want to live as the opposite sex to do so without restriction.  Incredibly, this comes as a number of European nations are pulling back from their promotion of transgenderism and outlawing sex change operations on kids.  Stefano Gennarini of C-FAM tells Lifesitenews “You would think that Europeans had learnt their lesson about the danger of scientific experimentation on humans after the calamity of Nazism.”  MH REPORTING

A federal judge takes the side of a Virginia high school student

A federal judge takes the side of a Virginia high school student

VERBATIM:  A preliminary injunction has been granted to a boy at Stonebridge High School in Loudoun County who was facing suspension for complaining about the presence of a girl in the boys locker room.  The girl is living as a boy and when she overheard the male student complaining she turned him in and he was charged with “sexual harassment”.  Two other boys who complained have already been suspended.  A lawsuit is proceeding in U.S. District Court.  MH REPORTING

A victory for religious freedom in Washington state

A victory for religious freedom in Washington state

VERBATIM:  Government officials have agreed NOT to enforce part of a new law that would have required Catholic and Orthodox priests to report things they hear in the confessional, in violation of their beliefs.  Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund, which went to court on the priests’ behalf say the law is now permanently enjoined.  ADF attorney John Bursch says “The First Amendment guarantees that governments cannot single out religious believers for worse treatment.”  MH REPORTING

Pro-life activists in Virginia issue a warning

Pro-life activists in Virginia issue a warning

VERBATIM:  The state holds elections for the legislature next month and the outcome will decide the fate of an abortion amendment.  Democrats have been pushing that ballot measure, which would enshrine abortion in the Virginia constitution, and if enough of them are elected in November the amendment will advance.  Pro-life citizens are being urged to get out and vote and do anything else they can to support candidates who would kill the amendment.  MH REPORTING

A new study of America’s children and their screens

A new study of America’s children and their screens

VERBATIM:  It comes from the Pew Research Center and it reveals what kind of electronic devices kids are using and how old they are when they start.  According to parents, 90% of youngsters watch TV, 68% use a tablet and 61% have a smartphone.  Incredibly, the Pew poll also indicates that about 60% of children between the ages of two and four have already begun interacting with a smartphone.  Experts say those devices can expose kids to porngraphy and worse.  MH REPORTING

A legal battle at a school in New York state

A legal battle at a school in New York state

VERBATIM:  Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, is representing a student organization on the campus of University at Buffalo.  The school has denied Young Americans for Freedom official recognition and access to funding.  This is because YAF will not sign a document agreeing never to sue the school in the future.  ADF says “We are urging the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize the independence student groups have from becoming an extension of the university or student government.”  MH REPORTING

A call for action in Nigeria

A call for action in Nigeria

VERBATIM:  Religious freedom advocates say it’s time for the U.S. to take concrete action to end Muslim attacks on Christians in that African nation.  Tens-of-thousands of believers have been murdered in recent years as the Nigerian government appears to be turning a blind eye.  Deedee Laugesen of Save The Persecuted Christians say ““The genocide will not end until the international community and the Nigerian government are compelled to address it.  MH REPORTING

A new poll asks Americans of faith about journalism

A new poll asks Americans of faith about journalism

VERBATIM:  The numbers come from the Public Religion Research Institute and they find that 45% of White Catholics and 44% of White mainline Protestants say they trust the country’s traditional mainstream news sources compared to just 29% of White Evangelical Protestants.  What’s of note here is that less than half of ANY of those groups trust the mainstream media and the poll also finds that large percentages of religious Americans don’t pay attention to the news at all.  MH REPORTING

Americans are worried about the birth rate

Americans are worried about the birth rate

VERBATIM:  A new poll from the Pew Research Center finds that 53% of adults believe that people choosing to have fewer children in the future will HURT the U.S.  That’s up six points from last year.  A growing number of experts have been drawing attention to the falling American birth rate.  Women if child bearing age need to average 2.1 kids to keep a country’s population steady.  The U.S. birth rate is 1.6 and headed down — a problem afflicting much of the industrialized world.  MH REPORTING

The governor of Virginia strikes a blow for women

The governor of Virginia strikes a blow for women

VERBATIM:  Republican Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive order barring males from using female restrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms in all public buildings across the state — including in the schools.  The order also bans boys from playing on girls’ sports teams.  The governor says “this administration is fighting tirelessly to prevent discrimination on the basis of sex and to protect the civil rights of our citizens under the constitution.”  MH REPORTING

A setback for religious freedom in Colorado

A setback for religious freedom in Colorado

VERBATIM:  A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the state CAN force all participants in universal pre-K programs to abide by a so-called LGBT non-discrimination statement.  The Catholic Diocese of Denver and several parents took the state to court and might appeal this latest decision to the Supreme Court.  Since President Trump added several justices, the high court has been very supportive of religious freedom.  MH REPORTING

The man who tried to assassinate a Supreme Court justice has been sentenced

The man who tried to assassinate a Supreme Court justice has been sentenced

VERBATIM:  Nicholas Roske was arrested before he could kill Brett Kavanaugh and he could have gotten 30 years in prison.  Instead he received an 8 year term and U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman says she specifically took into account the fact that Roske is now living as a woman.  Boardman stated that in sentencing she was influenced by “The fact that she is a transgender woman and will be sent to a male-only prison facility.”  MH REPORTING

Doctors are urging the Supreme Court to protect women’s sports

Doctors are urging the Supreme Court to protect women’s sports

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has cast a pall over the nation

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has cast a pall over the nation

VERBATIM:  And it’s not just supporters of the conservative activist and prominent Christian.  A new Gallup poll finds that since Kirk’s slaying, the mood of the general public has darkened, with increased concerns about crime and national unity.  Eight percent of people now say crime and violence are America’s biggest problems — up from just three percent last month.  10% of adults say they are worried about national unity, up from 5% in August.  MH SRN NEWS

A complaint from the churches of England

A complaint from the churches of England

VERBATIM:  A coalition of denominations has issued a statement expressing dismay about the way that political groups and other secular organizations are co-opting Christian symbols — especially the cross.  The statement says “As Christians from different theological and political backgrounds we stand together against the misuse of Christianity.  Any co-opting or corrupting of the Christian faith is unacceptable.”  Legally, of course, the churches can’t do anything.  MH SRN NEWS

A Michigan transgender legal case will proceed

A Michigan transgender legal case will proceed.

VERBATIM:  A U.S. District Court will NOT quash a lawsuit filed by a couple who accuse the Rockford Public School District of helping their teenage daughter live as a boy in class — without their permission.  Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the parents and spokesman Kate Anderson says ““Parents have the right to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children—without government interference. Schools should never hide vital information from parents.”  MH SRN NEWS

Americans talk about Artificial Intelligence in a new poll

Americans talk about Artificial Intelligence in a new poll

VERBATIM:  It comes from the Pew Research Center and it finds that a lot of people are worried about AI and how it will be used by them and ON them.  Most certainly want the new technology limited in some way.  The Pew poll reveals that 73% of respondents believe AI should have NO role in advising people about faith in God and 66% do not want it to have any role in whether or not two people fall in love.  Overall, Americans are pessimistic about AI.  MH SRN NNEWS

Pastors advise pastors in a new LifeWay study

Pastors advise pastors in a new LifeWay study

VERBATIM:  The poll asks clergymen what other members of their profession should do to be successful in the ministry.  The number one piece of advice is NOT to neglect marriage and family.  Veteran pastors say there’s a big risk that a young minister will be so focused on his congregation that his wife and kids suffer, causing problems down the line.  The second most popular piece of advice is for pastors to always make time for personal study of the Bible.  MH SRN NEWS